Schizoid Man wrote:

Religiosity is a very important attribute in contemporary America. The
Christian movement wields far more social, political and economic clout in
the United States than it does in European and other countries that are
Judeo-Christian in origin.

It's a small minority of fundamentalists that are determined to
bring us into a new golden age.(they seem to forget the part where
most everyone dies to get there)

This also means that the United States is far more religious a nation than
most Europeans countries.

Actually, it's not. Just that this small rogue element is currently
in power.

I lived in the United Kingdom and I remember always getting the Monday after
Easter (suitably called "Easter Monday") off. But that phrase seems is not
commonplace in this country.

The U.K. has a state religion, that's why.